Nebraska Newspapers

    10
Tin: m;i:: onqiia. satitijday, dkckmnku r.i, into.
The DMA! i a Daily
J OINI'KK LIY KliWARK H'l.'WCWATtK,
VK TOn KOdlCWATKH. KDITOK.
Kntered at Omaha postofflce an ei ond
clas matter.
TF.ItMS OF Pl'HSCKIr'TION.
Piinday Hec. one year $' M
Patuiciav Be. one year l-I
Dallv Hee (without Sundn . one yea r.. 1 1 in
Dully Hee ami funday. one year I'i.lW
DELIVKIU.D 11V CAKKIEU.
Fanning I'.ee (without Sunday), per week c
Kvnln Lr iwlth tvindavi pe weck.....1"c
I 'all Me ilncluillnic Minoay,. ht f k..l.c
Dailv Hoe iw tliout Hundayi. l r wwlc.Hc
Address all complains of In cgularttica In
dulwr) to City Circulation Department.
OFFICKS.
Oniaha-'l'tie Hec Building.
Houiii Omaha ." N. J'wenty-fourtb tit.
ui.ncil H.utfs ij Hr-utt ftrccl.
Lincoln'', I. Mill' I mi idlni..
imago- lii Matipictt Uullding.
iam-as t',t-Jl liance Building.
.w Vork III West Tiilrt.v-ihird Wtreet.
uahlngton ,2.. fourteenth Kireet. N. W.
Conmiuiiicat on relating to news and
eaitortul maitiT shoulri he addreised
t'nmlu Dec, Jbdilorlm Impart Intnl.
KfcliilTTA.NCKS.
Kcmlt by draft, or postal order
paaole to 'J lie H lubihihing Company.
my J-c-tit atampe received in payment ol
mall Accounts, i'crsoniil chees except on
uiimnn ana eastern exchan not accepted.
K'lATliMENT OK ClitCC LATION.
Slate of Nebraska, Douglas County,
Utix ii. i iiui.t, treaaurer ol 'l'he I.'e
1 nolishlng Company, be. rig duly nworti,
naya that the actual nuini i-r ot fun anil
complete coplea ot The Dally. Murnlin,
livening ami rtundav Hoe pr nnu during li.a
liiontn of November, mt), waa aa ioiiows
1 . . . . 4J.589
I 43,600
J 43,600
43,870
b 43,30
44,300
46,320
i 43,310
B4,tS0
10 48,470
11 44,640
12 43,930
13 44.200
14 43.3C0
:t 43,980
16 43,880
1J 44,330
J 44,080
1S 43,780
20 43,900
21 43,10
22 43,530
23 43.930
24 43.6b0
26 43,740
20 43,180
27 43,983
H 43,380
i'K 43,340
Jo 43,360
Total 1,330,880
IUturned Copies 19,436
Nat Total 1,308,484
I'aily Average 43.818
OKOIIGE II. TZSUMUCK,
Treaaurer.
Subscribed In my presence ami aworn to
before me thla Win day of November, lulO.
Al. I1. V.Al.Kl'.K,
(Seal.) Notary 1'ubllc.
Sultacrtot-ra leaving; the !( trm
porarlly ahonld have The He
mailed to thein. Addreaa will be
ehaaared aa often aa retiueated.
The ticklish question of the day Is
the newly frozen tee.
A word to the wise: Lay in sup
plies for "watch parties" iu advance.
.. i
One can almost hear the leaves
rustling in anticipation of being
turned over.
if poetry is immortal, still it would
not necessarily give a poet a cinch ou
eternal life.
Atlanta claims to have no growlers.
Why should It, with state-wide prohi
bition In force?
Prof. James' spirit was
scheduled to "come back,"
far it has not arrived.
the last
but thus
Mr. Bryan's letter is dated from
Mission, Tex. At any rate, the peer
less still baa a mission.
When Los Angeles despairs of mak
ing herself heard by other means she
touches off a new bomb.
Did you ever notice that when a
bank falls there is always a crash?
Must be the noise of falling money.
There is one class of men to whom
the old saying, "Carve your fortune,"
should always apply the surgeons.
It now develops that the Japanese
Invaders have not yet besieged Cali
fornia and there Is new hope of saving
the coast.
China probably would make greater
progress with her new dispensation if
she did not have so many Tongs in the
Ore at once.
In making your New Year's resolu
tlous why not take Inventory of the
old ones you did not keep and simply
rebuild them
Still, the Brooklyn couple that be
came engaged in an airship can hardly
expect to mulntaln the lofty ideals of
their betrothal.
"Will you walk into my parlor?"
eald the spider to the fly. "Will you
come into my caucus?" says the wet
democrat to the dry.
The bath Tub trust offers the novel
plea of clemency. "Please, .Mr. Judge,
Lava mercy ou us as we have had
u, srey ou the public."
Another reason why men were not
giving $10,000,000 for world peace a
century ago is that none of them
could spare the money.
Lucky Baldwin's rabbit foot evi
dently was burled with him, for the
regulation post-mortem scramble for
bis estate .axes furious.
Never mind. "Brother Charley" will
be on the ground at Lincoln to see to
it personally that the democrats start
their legislature off on the right foot.
Nearly everybody has reaunicd busi
ness at the old stand, trying to make
enough in the coming year to pay up
old Christmas bills and prepare for
new one.
,"Blf Tim" Sullivan fed 5.000 hun
gry mouths on Christmas day. But
"Boss" Murphy still has a few smack
ing lips stuck ui to him for tht seua-
WSU 11
Dulled Personal Honor.
The predicament In which Adams
county, Ohio, finds Itself as A result
of years of vote buying and selling has
its serious and comic sides, but the se
rious side Is far the more conspicu
ous, "it simply reveals a shocking
condition of political morals. If any
thing, it is even worse than the state
of affairs disclosed some years ago In
southern Delaware, when one man is
Bald to have delivered nearly all the
votes at from $1 per capita upward.
Political corruption like this cannot
consistently be laid to any particular
system of nominating or electing can
didates. Rather it is an exhibition of
degraded morals among the people, re
flecting a dulled sense of personal
honor, a general lack of Integrity and
no fine-spun theories can get around
that primal fact. No matter what the
system of government might be, If the
people had character, if they were
scrupulous In their fidelity to trust,
they would not sell their votes, nor
buy those of their neighbors. Of
course, many good and Inoffensive peo
ple fall Into the habit by force of bad
example without intending to do
wrong. To that extent it may be ad
mitted that system played its part.
Kvldently it has come to be regarded
there as not a very bad thing to do,
this selling and buying of votes, for we
see ministers of the gospel and other
I wise respected citizens caught up in
! the vortex of the storm that finally
i broke. No doubt these good people
' ot first were shocked by the thought
; of such a thing, but as year by year
j they procured It. the keen edge of per
j nonal honor wore off, they were able
i to make themselves believe It was not
so bad after all, if not, indeed, en
tirely justifiable.
The machinery of politics in Ohio
Is not much different from the general
machinery of politics over the coun
try and, therefore, contained the key
to self-reform. When the community
awoke there were enough guiltless
ones to compose a court, prosecuting
counsel and ft grand Jury to lead the
way out. When it Is charged that the
people of Adams county are the worst
people anywhere, it must at least be
acknowledged that there are some of
the best there, too, or the regeneration
would not have come about.
Preventing Mine Oiiaiteri.
The wisdom of creating the federal
bureau of mines is being vindicated
in the government's discovery of some
of the prime causes of such dlsttsters
as those at Cherry and other great
mining centers. Prof. Thomas; C.
Chamberlain of the University of Chi
cago writes a very interesting maga
zine article on the progress made and
yet to be made. Here is a brief de
scription from his pen:
Spraying the tunnels and shafts of mines
with a douche of shale dust and water at
frequent Intervals wilt not only make the
roll dust of the walls and floors almost
proof attain at fire from a sudden explosion,
but will prevent the rise of much of the
gun that makes an explosion poaalble.
The fianeer from too strong ventilation
which has atlrred up the free coal dust
In the pasvaxeH and caused many ex
plosions la obviated by this method. The
dyeing shale forms a coating over the duat
and air currents sufficient to clear out any
Suaea that may accumulate; may be sent
through the mine without fear.
This is what the bureau of mines
has brought out and it will soon pub
lish something on the subject. The
danger of too much ventilation re
ferred to was realized in the Cherry
disaster. It became necessary before
ever the fire below could be checked
to reduce the ventilation through the
shafts and they were sealed for days.
This crude method, however, only cre
ated another complication, that of af
fording an Inadequate supply of air.
But it seems the government's experts
have found a way to solve this prob
lem of a proper distribution of air.
It Is to the everlasting shame of the
mammoth coal mining corporations
that they left this humane work for
the government to do. The private
concerns should have done it long ago.
They had almost the same resources
for doing it as the government had
and it was their duty before it was the
government's.
A Trust Asking Quarter.
If, as reported, the so-called Bath
tub trust makes the plea for clemency
as its defense against the charges of
violating the anti-trust law, it will be
fairly good evidence that the govern
ment has not been pursuing an Inno
cent party. But this is only one part
of the Bystem of trust prosecutions un-
I dertaken by the Department of Justice
I In its determined effort to give force
' and expression to the Sherman act and
I It would be worse than futile to ex
pect adequate results of the fisht bs
a whole with the surrender of this
one trust. .
Kvldently President Taft and Attor
ney General Wickersham have no no
tion of quitting. The attorney general
has, in fact, declared his intention of
demanding jail sentences for all future
convictions under this law. The gov
ernment cannot be much surprised at
the reported plan for Conciliation by
the Bathtub trust, for when the offi
cers of the company in Detroit pleaded
not guilty, it was with the right of
changing their pleas to guilty later.
And now we see reflected in this clever
scheme for obtaining the clemency of
the Department of Justice the reason
for making that reservation. If this
cencefsion could be gained from the
j government and they could be assured
of It beforehand, then the trust mag-
nates would agree to change their
i pitas to guilty.
But the government Is surely not
going to throw away all the laborious
work it has done in Its trust prosecu-
tlons with such splendid success. Here
Is about the best evidence that has
come to hand cf how Utile gigantic
corporations care for the civil side of
this law and how much they care for
the criminal clause of it.
Over Mountains in Airships.
Army officers are said to have be
come enthusiastic over Aviator Hox
sey's scaling Mount Wilson in his
aeroplane as an illustration of what
aeroplanes may mean to. the wars of
the future. They fell to rhapsodizing
on the ease and facility with which
thousands of troops might thus be
transported over lofty peaks to light
upon the enemy, mayhap, encamped
In the valley beyond. Certartily It Is
a vision limned in heroic outline! Its
posiblllties sre untold! Only think
what Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bona
parte would have given for such a
sure, swift means of flight over the
peerless Alps! It is only In the light
of such a comparison that one may
glean a proper perspective of progress
and get anything like a definite line
on the future.
But tearing aside the beauty of the
Illusion and looking tne subject
squarely in the face, the army officers
who exulted over the Hoxsey achieve
ment must admit that Mr. Hoxsey is
thus far in a woeful minority. And
he has no more than barely scaled
this one peak himself. The next time
he tries it ho may fail, or meet with
worse consequences. We hope not.
But the point is that aviation as a
practical system of travel la making
such slow progress as compared with
the tremendous strides of this swift
winged dove of peace that wars are
likely to be gone and forgotten and
the necessity of aeroplanes for armies
thus obviated before the science of
their use is reduced to an utilitarian
basis.
Army officers are usually good fel
lows and It would have been ungallant
in them not to have bestowed some
flattering compliment upon the intre
pid Hoxsey, but it is to be doubted if
they look for the fruition of their
dream in any very brief period.
Automobile Regulation.
Our incoming secretary of state, Ad
dison Wait, who will be charged with
the administration of-the law for reg
istering and regulating automobiles,
proposes some changes in the Ne
braska statute, which by all means
should be made. Mr. Wait lays stress
on a graduation of the annual regis
tration fee to make it more of an in
come producer, which is probably all
right In its way, but the really impor
tant thing is to provide better protec
tion to those who ride in automobiles
and to those who are apt to be ridden
down by them.
As our Nebraska law now stands
anyone who ' can get possession of a
duly registered automobile may drive
It when and where he chooses, subject
only to a speed limit that means seri
ous injury. If not certain death, In
every collision. As drivers, men,
women and children are all alike in
the eyes of this law which prescribes
no qualifications of ago or experience
for handling one of these high power
machines except for such as may seek
passengers as public conveyances.
What has been found to be the
worst feature of the present automo
bile law Is that it not only affords the
public no measurable protection, but
absolutely prohibits the authorities of
any city or town or other subdivision
of the state from making or enforcing
any reasonable regulations. , It may
be desirable to have uniform rules
and requirements for automoblllng
throughout the state and to avoid a
multiplicity of conflicting demands
from one town to another and from
one county to another; but if the local
authorities are to be denied power to
keep the autolsts within bounds, then
the state must make its regulations
meet the necessities of reasonable
safety and a fair amount of respect
for the rights of folks who have to
travel afoot or in slower-going and
less expensive vehicles.
The ouster proceedings against
Chief Donahue discloses a combina
tion between a police commissioner
appointed by Governor Shallenburger
at the personal solicitation of an
Omaha brewer and the professional
Anti-Saloon league sleuths. What's
the answer?
Now we know what the money
raised in churches by the Anti-Saloon
league is used for. It gocn to pay
slumming expenses of inquisitive
ureachers who buv beer in bawdy i
houses to be drunk by bedizened f
blondes offering to sit on their laps. '
War seems to be imminent between
Maine and Missouri as a means of set
tling the bitterly contested question.
I Which state produces the finest ap
ples? With Nebraska still raising ap
ples, a decision between these states
could determine no supremacy.
axaxaaHaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaMBxaBBsaaaasxaaaiBxaaBSs
Some folks have mighty peculiar
ideas of what a policeman's duty is.
If the police were to make a raid every
time a telephone call came In with an
unknown voice the patrol - wagon
would be kept busy persecuting Inno
cents mo.e often than gul'tj.
-
i When our primary x U opened
still w ider so everyoi can help nomi
nate candidates on all parties' tickets.
every candidate will, of course. oe per
' ipltteri to set k nomination under each
psrty label and pay but one filing fee.
Mr. Bryau writes ti those eastern,
democrats that be could not think of
attending, their banquet for fear of
striking a discordant note. In other
words, he serves advance notice of his
determination to stand by Bryanlsm
and the lust platform it put forth as
the fundamental principle of democ
racy. That is to say, gentlemen, "1
am still William Jennings Bryan."
If true that Rodriguez, the Mexican
whose supposed burning at the stake
in Texas, is alive, here is another illus
tration that lawless executions, aside
from outraging law and order, offer
no reasonable security against the
murder of an Innocent person.
And now the Missouri river is to be
Investigated to ascertain whether its
waters are polluted by the sewage of
the cities built on Its shores. Who
wants to serve on the smelling com
mittee? If the judge who decided that a
man's desire to buy costly clothing for
his wife is no evidence of unsound
mind were only living In a state where
women voted he could hold ojflce for
life.
Nebraska's only chance to land that
vacancy on the United States circuit
court of appeals is by centering its in
fluence. That is where the state bar
endorsement should he followed up.
Mr. Bryan declines to send a letter
to the Baltimore conference for fear
he might Bound a discordant note. No
such fear was evinced by Mr. Bryan at
the late Grand Island convention.
A niaqnletlnsr Lend.
Indianapolis Newn.
I'.y dinmlalng Its civil suit and devoting
Its attention to the criminal proaecution of
the membera of the meat trunt the ov-
ernment miiat make the packers feel that
the name Is not being played according to
the well established rulea.
llreaklnK the Kail.
St. Paul Pioneer I'rean.
Senators AUlilch. Hale, Burrows Hiid
Money, all retiring from tlui Henate, are
retaining their position on the monetary
cnmmiHMlnn at Halatlea of JT.jOO a year.
Kvldently some lame riucka are not going
to endure much hardship.
From tiny to (Irate.
Ne( Vork Tribune.
"ChrlatmaH Skatera Iirowned." "Three
Murders Result form Christmas Spree,"
"Heath in Christmas Candle," "Mistletoe
Kerrlee Kill Six," and so on. We may
have to take a leaf from the book of the
Fourth of July and agitate for a safe and
sane Christmas.
Judicial llnlr Splitting.
Philadelphia Record.
A person caught red-handed and In
dicted for setting fire to a "haycock" has
been released by tho California court of
appeals because the legislature had made
the burning of 'hay stacks" a felony, but
had fulled to mention hay In "shocks" or
"cocks." Criminals who are veil versed in
their dictionary would thus appear to have
a new avenue of escape opened to them;
one who stole a, "puree" might get off by
showing that he snatched a "pocketbook."
The t narmed Policeman.
Philadelphia Record.
American policemen will learn with no lit
tle astonishment that London policemen are
not allowed to carry revolvers. In a case
Just reported a policeman very narrowly
escaped death at the hands of the armed
criminal he captured. But that Is a very
rare occurrence. On the whole, the un
armed policemen are effective, and they do
not seem to be exposed to greater dangers
than ours. It seems a little extreme to
deny revolvers to the police, but there has
been reckless and unnecessary firing by
American policemen often enough to give
some basis for propositions of disarma
ment. NOT A SHOWING OF POVEI1TY.
Prospermia Condition of Hatlroada
Shown by Official Reports.
New' York World.
The statistics of American railroad oper
ation for the year ended June 30 last which
are contained tn the report of the Inter
state Commerce commission fall to sub
stantiate the argument of the roads for
higher rates.
Freight revenue increased over the pre
ceding year from 1,SS3,484.236 to tl.93S.Sis2,
873, passenger revenue from 54,718,17 to
$031,772,131 and other transportation revenue
from $173,891,817 to $192.02.563. The total
operating revenue waa $2.787.26,13t, as
against $2,444,694,668 tn 1908. The total oper
ating Income In the face of higher taxes
and Increased operating expenses rose from
S741 .B4J.9J2 to $838,t17,lW.
The gain of $97,000,000 In net operating in
come may not bear the relation It should
to a fain of $342,000,000 In gross revenue,
but It does not establish the Justice of the
roads' plea of poverty. Nor Is that argu
ment substantiated by the decline of $12,
000.000 In net Income for the July. August
and September quarter of 1910. This tem
porary loss In the operation of 239.0M miles
of road is not of overwhelming Impor
tance. The gist of the figures for the year la
that the roada have gained nearly $lmi,000,
000 In net income, or more than one-half
of 1 per cent on their total capitalization.
This has been effected over a higher
cost of labor and material and with a lib
eral allowance for maintenance. It shows
that the case of the iallr"!tijs Is by no
mcun3 mo bad as they have represented
and effectually disposes of their demand
for authority to advance rates.
December 31. 1910.
Wade II. Kills. loiinciiy attorney gen
eral of the state ot' Olio and later assist
ant United States attorney gineial, was
born December ut. liiti. at Covington. Ky.
I Our Birthday Book. I
i : ii
He tdlted the Cincinnati Tilbune for twuimaniUl, ,he bK vt ,Ue directory. Com-!
vears. returning to practice In and
gave up lila feileial position to take coarse (ult., though considerable life animate.
of the Ohio i anifuigii. the plate, it is estimated that there are
Hairy A. New, former chairman of the : riiit ivk.i thai) Cu.uuO p ople In the vicinity,
republican national committee. Is Tit lie j The ruins have not yet been laiei.v ex
wa: Loin at 1 ndlaiiapolia and ua.d to pub- cavat.d. owing to uiiholvid tl,( t.culut x.
Ilsii ti. Indianapolis Journal, which wasltudi as the lights of rc&l piope.iy, the
cditid bv his falhtr. ' uiu aiihiiig of valuabli and corpses u;i,l
Geoise T. Morion of llairlson A.- Mor- ! even the decision a' to proper ite
mm i..a! cist,. Is Xi en i s old ti.lav. He and types for new building. The definite
is x n.itivc son of Oinalia and cdiutited in
the iHiohc n . ools and the Uiuvct.lly of
v..hi ..'.n lie !. be.-ii a in, ml,, , ,,r Ms
,ln-nl i'n ,11 sll,. c l'i'S.
lir. i miloi II Newell phxsician and
uifrC"!!. was Pol n December SI, Its.", h ie
In (iiiiyoj lie a hi-a.iiule of Cteighii n
llrilbiui com;te in d la been practici.tg
his iior,sim 'nn p.'-i I'1.
Dr. it. K M.'.i !e I s'
K'ii. wa. bo: ii Dcnuilxr '!
til i;iuf fx. bud hi- u o
ia.i ami . lit -at
i'ouii-
il in u t l in
lie makes a
I'ictghton medial loll.n
jpeciait vt Jikmm uf uaiunu.
In Other Lands
Bide Llfhta oa What 1 Trane
ptrlnf Among- the Itear aaS
Tar Nations of the Earth,
Advancing democracy Is steadily loosen
ing the grip of the powers that be In the
old world, liurlng the year several nota
ble strides toward the goal of human rights
have been taken, leaving Indelible footpilnts
of progress on the olltical highways of
Kurope, Asia and Africa. Of first rank
I In the march of representalve government
la the Inauguration of the Parliament of
the South African union. The new gov
ernment Is a federation of the original
British colonies and the conquered Hoer
colonies, working under a constitution
drafted by themselves and approved by
the Imperial government, marking the
twenty-eighth self governing colony of the
Hrltish empire. Cndcr the pressure of
native agitation against alien rule, British
methods of governing India were relaxed
to the extent of permitting a large Increase
of native representation In provincial coun
cils, thus checking for the time being a
menacing agitation for Complete self gov
ernment. The forward Impulse In these
distant parts of the empire was reflected
with Impressive force In the general elec
tion in the United Kingdom, the electorate
of which substantially approved the pro
posed limitation of the veto power of the
peerage. When this mandate of the people
Is given the force of law, the greatest ob
stacle to popular rule in the Hrltish em
pire will be removed, and the struggle of
a century a for home rule In Ireland will
come to a successful close.
In Chinu the movement toward constitu
tional government Is progressing hteadily.
Tho pressure of the preliminary national
assembly for a more advanced date than
191 tt has been favorably considered by the
throne and the announcement of an earlier
date Is expected with the Chinese New
Year. Portugal has exiled a king and pro
claimed a republic and the new government
is drafting a constitution to meet the
changed conditions. Popular support of
tho Spanish ministry in lta demand for a
revision of the treaty with the Vatican
was strikingly shown in the large majority
with which the Cortes passed the bill re
stricting the number ot religious orders in
the kingdom. After forty years of aeml
inilltary rule Germany Is about to grant a
measure of local self-government to the
provinces of Alsace and l.oraine, the ter
ritorial prizes of the war with France in
1.N70-71. Measured by the vast room for
improvement in old world monarchies, the
record for 1910 Is not a striking one, but It
is decidedly encouraging to tho forces con
tending with heart and mind against might
and mammon.
Reports from American consuls in east
ern Africa show that the last section of
loO miles of the Cape-to-Cairo railroad
January 1 last, had a notably successful
traffic year. The line extends from Khar
toum to Wad Mad an I. The amount of
produce secured from this new section has
been a revelation to every one. The freight
returns for the first month's working were
$M,000. From most parts of the Sudan
hitherto served by the railway one or two
tralnloads a week would be considered
good. On this new section a train every
day has hardly been sufficient to carry
down all the stuff chiefly dhurra (native
corn), gum and cotton. The fourth class
native passenger traffic has produced al
most enough to pay the working expenses
of the section. This is the first portion of
the railway to leave the deaert part of the
Sudan and break Into the edge of the land
naturally fertile without artificial Irriga
tion, if the success of this first 100
miles Is any index to the possibilities of
the rest of the country to the south. It
would appear that the most sanguine fore
cast of the country's commercial future
were about to be realised. The rail head
Is now some dlatance further south, and
the section will probably be opened to
traffic next winter.
An epidemic of strikes In Portugal la
causing uneasiness to the government au
thorities as well as to the business com
munity. A correspondent of a London Jour
nal, writing from Lisbon, says that the
strikes arise from a discontent which Is
becoming dangerously widespread. This Is
due to various causes. Not the least im
portant la the rise In the cost of living
since the revolution, which has been caused
In part, by the higher rate of wages re
sulting from the strike movement and, In
part, by the thorough manner In which
customs duties are now collected. In conse
quence there Is a loud demand In a certain
section of the press for the total abolition
of all duties upon food and other necessar
ies, although It Is not explained how the
loss of revenue from these sources would
be made good. Another cause of the dis
content la to be found In the promises
made by the government which have not
been fulfilled.
The German organ of cremation, Die
Flamme credits the report that the pope
la preparing a decree to authorise ci dilu
tion, asserting that Pope Plua, X, Is per
sonally greatly In favor of cremation and
that aa Cardinal Bar to he made strenuous
representations to Leo XIII, in order to
procure tiie tolerari potest. Dr. Ulbrich, a
noted Bohemian physician, recently ad
dreased a petition to the pope in which
lie set forth hla reasons for praying that
ciematlon might receive the official assent
of the supreme pontiff. Dr. Frlndt, suffra
gan bishop of Prague, who was recently
in Rome and who then made inquiries
regarding the petition, waa Informed that
it had not been placed ad acta, but had
belli submitted to the Congregati Inqulsl
tionls and that the matter was making good
progress. Die Flamme unuriMamlH tliat the
pope his given directions for t lie creina-
i Hon of Ills own body, although of course
no absolutely authentic confirmation of
this is obtainable.
An American consular report notes that
the new commercial directory of Sic ly j
ha only three thinly printed pages ric- i
voted to Messina, which formerly com
i .,-,. jai activities among the ruins are
i ofl.eiat ictuin (lien
I of bodies recovered ami
as tin- number
t.T as the num-
I her of those still
i ma In. n. btniath the
the trial numb i if lctpns I'lln-
Ti .i! Thoii.-anils of the mole wel!-to-di
class go in snd out hi train eieri da.,
l avipis established their abode In the I a
'umuxi'l villHue ui.il totis. and oin
n col'.illli'. their IjUJiness f i .m ;r- f.i
'awa1 u- Palermo '11. ere is a i:n H' o'i
i er ' A ' f small Initust. T ie d Plan I
'for labor Is hi hi the t'u.t iiamla w.hk.i
(aa banllj be sxt.ml; v an. a lave noiut
doobltd: thoe who otic recilwd ,Vt cms
a day now easily command $1 Du to $1.40.
(RlMItl. IttV HI.KORl.
' HeeommeaidNtlon for Imprin ementa
In American Proeedare.
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
The recommendation made by the spe
cial committee of the American Institute
of criminal law and criminology, appointed
: to investigate Kngllah criminal procedure,
late not vety radical, it appears. The In
I vestlgators, John D. Luwson, dean of the
law school of the University of Missouri,
i and Kdwln It. Keedy, professor of law In
I Northwestern university, spent four
; months in England during the last year,
attending t lie sessions of the criminal
i court of Ixindon. from the lowest to the
highest, and witnessing also the tissues In
! one of the largest of the prcvlncial cities.
I The report Is In great part a most Inter
esting and clear description of the working
of the Kngllsh system, which shows In
w hat respects our criminal procedure dlf-
feis today from that of Great Hrltain,
the country from which we derived our
Jurlspiudence. "We do not suggest com
parisons." say the Investigators, "but sim
ply state the case " The English system,
however, "seems satisfactory to the Kn
gllsh lawyer and Kngllsh layman and
It results In certainty and speed In the
administration of the criminal code."
Yet, In conclusion, the report presents to
the American bar and people the following
recommendations concerning possible Im
provements In American procedure:
1. All objections to the Indictment should
be made before evidence la heard, and er
rors In matters of form amended at once.
I. The presenting attorney and coun
sel for the defense should before trial con
sider and disctiss the qualifications of the
Individual members of the Jury panel and
agree to the dismissal of any one clearly
Incompetent to be a Juror.
S. The voir dire should be limited to the
asking of questions strongly tending to
show Incompetency or bias In the present
trial.
4. All prisoners on trial upon Indictment,
who are unable to employ counsel, should
be furnished with legal assistance through
out the trial. Including the arraignment.
5. The prosecuting attorney. Instead of
being a partisan, should investigate the
case from a nonpartisan standpoint, and
should make an impartial prosecution of
the evidence to the Jury.
8. The fee system wherever It exists, for
the compensation of prosecuting attorneys,
should be abolished.
7. Counsel for the prisoner should de
fend him by endeavoring to disprove his
guilt, and never by Injecting error In the
record.
8. The trial Judge should not be a mere
presiding officer, but should take an active
and controlling part In the trial. He
should restrict counsel to the asking of
relevant questions. He should promptly
overrule and discourage technical objec
tions. He should never permit counsel
to Intimidate or improperly to confuse a
witness. He should sum up the evidence
to the Jury and direct them as to the law
applicable thereto.
9. New trials should never be granted
for technical errors, but only to prevent
miscarriage of Justice.
10. : jsecutlons for minor offenses where
the accused Is not likely to evade the hear
ing, should be begun by summons, as in
civil cases.
TO KKF.P TI1K WORLD'S PK ACE.
Moat
Commendable Feature of
Oar
Foreign Poller.
Philadelphia Record.
The United States, free of entangling al
liances with other great powers, powerful
In point of population and natural re
sources, protected from successful foreign
Invasion by distance and great Intervening
seas, and at peace with all nations, are In
a peculiarly favorable situation to 'take
diplomatic lead In the effort to make the
firm establishment of International peace
a great International undertaking. The
success of The Hague tribunal In the ar
bitrament and final settlement of long
standing. Irritating disputes, that had out
lived years of Ineffectual diplomatic at
tempts for compromise, opens the way to
tho adoption of still more effectual means
of abolishing future wars.
The steps which have been taken by our
government In urging other powers to unite
In endowing The Hague tribunal with the
functions of an arbitral court of Justice,
and the further proposal, approved by con
gress, to assemble an International Peace
commission to consider the advisability of
using existing diplomatic means for bring
ing about an International limitation of
armaments and for turning the combined
fleets of the world Into an International
force for the preservation of universal
peace, put this country In the lead In
peace championship.
To our mind this Is the most commend
able feature of our foreign policy. It is
the conspicuous feather In the cap of
President Taft. When the great civilised
nations have agreed that there shall be no
more gunpowder wars the way will have
been thrown open for bringing to an end
the equally costly, impoverishing and dis
astrous commercial wars that eat up the
substance of the peoples.
The Prise ( hrlatmaa Tree.
Washington Post.
If anyone contributed more to the suc
cess of the census than that Delaware
father who dined his thirty-two children
Christmas day, let him step forward for
the thanks of congress.
Start Your
Bank Account
It is not necessary to wait until you can make a large
deposit. Make a beginning with
ANY AMOUNT
Once started you will want to make it grow. Kqual
care and attention is given to every account, whether
large or small.
Come in and let us talk it over.
Paying by Check la the Safe Way to Settle AXl Bills.
thirteenth and
T
Kearney Military Academy
Military Traln.og ,oiohh.e, win, Academic ami
I.iisn.i c.iis.s ,i, i..,,. the ho.iirs and i.nn.is oT
l..a into i, inn,.-, so, ,e, f u h,rlli t build up a
;""' '',"') . character aid treat tin hahi.a
that ni .l.e ti buy i tie Manly Mao
Our aiiid.i.iic fctundaida arc hull. . Our clas
a.c and scientific courses pre.,, f.,r a, co;eKe
our cummer..- at court- prepare for businat life
l HABIT ST.
M,"i ior iruiu i,ii
"W BItB HtlTIS
POLITICAL DRIFT.
In slxe and Juclness the Illinois Jnckpots
ea ly outclass any et discovered ia
Adams county, Ohio.
In the opinion of a Tammany leader, any
man who can sing "The Star Spangled
Hanner" without provoking a shower of
cabbage. Is fitted to break Into politics.
Kdward M. Shepard. candidate for United
States senator In New York, announces
t) at he stands aKainst everything em
bodied in the new nationalism of Roose
velt. Four of the newly elected governors
have dodged the social limelight of Inaug
ural balls, for the reason, as given bv
Madam Grundy, that they are too homely
to hang glad clothes on.
Governor-elect Wilson of New Jersey la
slowly discovering that the task of con
vlne'ng party bosses of the sacrednesa of
political promises a harder one than any
he bucked against at Princeton.
The town, of Cranston. It. I. has an at
tractive exhibit for a political musennv
Mayor Sullivan refused nn appropriation
of $1,00) for his services. The honor of
serving aa first mayor of the town was
all the compensation he wanted.
An Indiana woman of republican sym
pathies bet and lost on Heverldge and paid
the bet like a true sport. The winner, a
mere mn, was Riven a full-fledged feast,
a theater party, taken to a picture show.
a song recital and a cariingc ride to his
home. If the winner Is a bachelor his fat
Is aettled.
The first Ohio man known to have de
clined a public office Is Granville M.
Mooney. a former speaker of the house of
representatives of the Ohio legislature.
President Taft offered him a Job In Porto
Rica, but his family balked on going swav
from home and Mr. Mooney passed It up.
Political Washington Is shocked by the
waning patriotism of the Huckeycs.
In a simple, unassuming way. the Ohio
court which Is dealing with the traffickers
In votes In Adams county Is disposing of
the hundreds of Indicted persona. The
Judge sits on one side of a plain table, the
victim on the other, and this conversation
usually follows: "How about It, John, Hre
you guilty?" asked the Judge. "I reckon
I am, Judge," is the usual reply. "All
right, John. Ml have to fine you $10 and
you can't vote any more for five years.
I'll Just put a six months' workhouse sen
tence on top of that, but I won't enforce
It as long aa you behave." "All right.
Judge. You've got the goods on me."
LAUGHING GAS.
They were looking up at the noble figure
of Justice that adorns the courhoiise.
"Anybody would know tills was the work
of a man," said the woman of the party.
"Just see how much to full lie s cut bar
skill! Cleveland t i.iln Dealer.
"That bad actor we aaw the other day
Is slek. and wants a doctor."
"Well, tell the butcher."
"The butcher!"
"Yea. Doesn't he know how to cur
hams?" Riltlmor American.
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again,"
said the ready-made philosopher.
"Yes," replied the discouraged reformer.
"Hut a lot of aviators are liable to get
hurt trying to keep her going." Ixuleville
Courier-Journal.
"Are you going to r. ake any good reso
lutions this year?"
"Yes, one, and I am going to keep It."
"What Is It?'
"Not to make an; ." Baltimore Ameri
can. Upgardson You Sre going on a Journey
next week without any Idea where you will
atop or how long you will be away? That
sounds craxy.
Atom I know It; I'm going to take a trip
on the water wagon. Chicago Tribune.
"Placed your order for an automobile
yet?"
"Uot an engagement today to examine
the 1911 models In house mortgagee. "
Washington Herald.
"You're the waiter, aren't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, you'll lose your Job if you don't
tako care. I've been waiting here longer
than you have." New York Times.
NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Alfred Tennyson.
Ring out. wild blls. to the wild aky.
The flying cloud, the frosty light,
The year la dying In the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring In the new,
King, happy bells, across the snow;
The year Is going, let him go;
King out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind.
For those that here we aee no more;
Ring out the ftud of rich and poor,
Ring In redress to all mankind.
Ring out s atowly dying cause.
And ancient forma of petty Htrtfe;
Ring In the nobler modea of life,
With aweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the rare, the sin.
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out. ring out, my mournful rhymes.
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride In place and blood,
The clvlo slander and the spite;
Ring In the love of truth and right,
Ring In the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
R ng out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the tluiuaund ware of old.
Ring In the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free.
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkneas ot the land.
Ring In the Christ that Is to be.
LUi3.UJ3J
Farnatn Mlreets
catalogue
X11SVIY
a.
v.